News about Korean new media such as Internet and mobile tech but also on conventional media such as TV, radio, film and newspapers. Purpose of this blog is to function as reference material for a research project (2006-2009) on Korean media and new media, a part of the OED research group and funded by HS Foundation (see: Affiliations). Special thanks to research assistant Katja Heinonen who took care of the blog in 2007-2008.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

President Roh Moo-hyun is frequently in a state of tension with the nation's media, saying that it needs reform.

This time, the media, symbolized by the fountain pen tip on the car door, finds that, in the words of the driver, it has "Oops! gone too far" this time.

The daily Munhwa Ilbo is under fire for running nude photos of Shin Jeong-ah and all but directly suggesting they are evidence that she slept her way to get where she got in the academic world; that is, before serious allegations emerged that she had lied about her educational background by forging her diplomas.